There is such a thing as ‚thanks-feeling‘ – feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, ‚You’re finished. The shoe’s finished.‘

It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available – more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more.

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

I don’t know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I’m a great gift to the world. I’ve been very fortunate.

When I look back on my life as a whole, it is impossible for me not to feel blessed.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I’m not based in Monaco… I think my country helped me.

I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.

I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.

I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.

If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.

I wake up every day inspiring myself, because God gave me life.

The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.

I saw 14 games in two and a half months at Churchill. It was what I really signed for. They were eyeing the championship and also playing the AFC Cup. So I am very thankful for Churchill, the coaching staff and the players.

Dear friends, we may well sing to our Beloved when it is near the time of our departure. It draws near, and as it approaches, we must not dread it, but rather thank God for it.

Right now I’m just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.

Pride is an independent, me-oriented spirit. It makes people arrogant, rude and hard to get along with. When our heart is prideful, we don’t give God the credit and we mistreat people, looking down on them and thinking we deserve what we have.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

I’m thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn’t still be here if it weren’t for them.

For whatever trauma came with service in tough circumstances, we should take what we learned – take our post-traumatic growth – and, like past generations coming home, bring our sharpened strengths to bear, bring our attitude of gratitude to bear.

An employer of mine back in the ’80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It’s a basic tell of character.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn’t know it then.

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.

‚Thank you‘ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don’t appreciate the moment until it’s passed.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J’aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.

By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.

It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.

I don’t think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He’s given you… but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things… he’s not a small God; this God is incredible.

If I inspire you, pay for it, period.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.

‚O sleep, O gentle sleep,‘ I thought gratefully, ‚Nature’s soft nurse!‘

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution.

When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He’s done… is doing… and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don’t let yourself ever get used to it… stay amazed!

Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted – folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.

God wants to bless us where we are.

There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

I just make good movies. That’s the way I thank my fans.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Here ends my forever memorable first High Sierra excursion. I have crossed the Range of Light, surely the brightest and best of all the Lord has built. And, rejoicing in its glory, I gladly, gratefully, hopefully pray I may see it again.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that’s happening to me, and some days I feel everyone’s waiting for me to mess up.

This is a moment that I deeply wish my parents could have lived to share. My father would have enjoyed what you have so generously said of me-and my mother would have believed it.

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

I’m grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.